Anastos' live-in girlfriend of two years, Brenda S. Bingham, suffered a broken nose and several cuts, police said.

Bingham, 45, went to the Lake Helen Police Department on Friday and told police Anastos had attacked her. She said that when she tried to leave the house, he pushed her, hit her with his hand and then beat her with a lamp, according to police reports.

In December 1997, Anastos was charged with battering Bingham and pointing a handgun at her face. Bingham later dropped the charges.